Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	esq_n	john_n	richard_n	1,566	5	11.8149	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93192	A short and true state of the case, repleating to the election for the Burrough of Corsse Castle, in the Isle of Purbeck, and County of Dorset, which was on the 4th of August, 1698.	Culliford, Mr.; Fownes, Richard, Esq.; Bankes, John.; Clauell, Edward.	1698 (1698)	Wing S3558; ESTC R184148	805	2

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